Operating mechanism for fare-registers.



No 839,685. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

D. B. WHISTLBR.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FARE REGISTERS.

APPLIOAT ION FILED SEPT. 20. 1906.

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OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FARE REGISTERS. APPLIOA TION 2mm SEPT. 20. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. WHISTLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPO- RATION OF OHIO.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FARE-REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed $eptember 20, 1906. Serial No. 335. 166.

T (til whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID B. WHISTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Mechanism for Fare-Registers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to operating mechanism for fare-registers, and more particularly to mechanism for operating registers of that class in which the register is set to indicate the particular fare to be registered and is then operated to register and record that fare; and the object of the invention is to provide a device for operating such a register which will enable the operator to complete the operation'of setting the register to indicate the fare and registering and recording the fare without removing his hand from the operating device.

A further object is to provide indicators for indicating the fare which is being registered, which shall be located within the easy view of the passengers and will be controlled by the movement of the operating device which sets the register to indicate the proper fare.

L With these objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features which I will now proceed to describe and will then'particularly point out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying my present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a fractional view, partly in section. Fig. A is a transverse section of the apparatus. Fig. 5 is a detail of the locking-pawl. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the apparatus, showing the mechanism for retaining the apparatus in its normal position. Figs. 7 and S are detail views of the rack-andgear-actuating indicator-rod. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the indicator-plate. Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the apparatus, showing a modification thereof. Fig. 11 is a fractional view of the same, showing the operating-handle and indicator in detail; and Fig. 12 is a transverse section of the modified device.

indicates the register, which may be of any suitable type, but is preferably of the type above referred to and is connected by a rod 2 and universal joints 3 and 4 with an operating-rod 5, which is rotatably mounted in brackets 6, secured to any suitable support, preferably the side of the car. This rod is provided at its end nearest the register 1 with a bracket 7, having upwardly-extending arms 8 and 9, in which is journaled a shaft 10, having one end connected by the universal joint 4 with the operating mechanism 2 and provided at its opposite end with a gear 11. Rigidly secured to the shaft 10 between the arms 8 and 9 is a bevel-gear 12, adapted to mesh with a similar bevel-gear 13, secured tothe upper end of the shaft 14, which is journaled in apertured lugs 14 extending from the bracket 7, and which carries at its lower end a bevel-gear15, meshing with a bevel-gear 16, mounted on the actuating-rod 17, which extends substantially parallel with the operating-rod 5 and is rotatably supported in brackets 18, rigidly secured to the operating-rod 5, and is provided at intervals throughout its length with grips or handles 19 for rotating the same about its longitudinal axis and for swinging the same forward around the axis of the operating-rod 5, as will be hereinafter described.

The end of the actuating-rod 17 which carries the bevel-gear 16 is journaled in an apertured lug 20, forming a part of the bracket 7. This shaft is provided near the support ing-lug 20 with a collar 21, having in the pe riphery thereof a series of notches or recesses 22, corresponding in number to the number of' fare designations which the register is adapted to indicate. A detent or pawl 23 is mounted near the collar 21, preferably in a recess 24, formed in the bracket 7 and pressed outward by a spring 25, confined between the inner wall of the recess and a shoulder 26, formed on the pawl 23, which holds the same in engagement with one of the notches 22 in the collar 21 but the incline of the engaging nose 27 of the pawl and the corresponding incline of the notch 22 are such that an additional pressure applied to the actuating-rod 17 and collar 21 will force the de tent back 'and allow the collar to rotate.

In the drawings, the reference-numeral 1 The bracket 7 has a rearwardly-extending arm 28, which is provided with a bearingsleeve 29, which forms a guideway for the rack-bar 30 and has in its upper edge a longitudinal' slot 31 to permit the passage of the gear 11, carried in the shaft 10. The rack 30 is secured at one end to an arm 32, which is carried by a sleeve 33, sliding longitudinally of the operating-rod 5 and having a lug 34 depending therefrom, to which is secured the indicating-rod 35, which extends substantiallyparallel to the operating-rod 5 and is adapted to move longitudinally thereof as the sleeve 33 slides on said operating-rod. This rod is provided at intervals throughout its length with pointers 36, which travel over the faces of the indicator-plates 37, which are secured at corresponding intervals to the operating-rod 5 and rotate therewith. The indicator-plates 37 are divided transversely into a series of equal divisions or sections 38, each of which contains the designation of a particular fare, and the pointers 36, comprising a plate 39 of a width equal to the Width of the fare-designating sections 38 of the indicator-plate 37 are provided at their outer edges with downwardly-depending pointers 40, adapted to register with the division-lines of the indicator-plate to indicate when the setting mechanism is in proper alinement. The plate 39 is also provided with a central pointer 41 to more clearly indicate the fare designation to the passengers.

In order to return the operating mechanism to its normal position and retain the same in such position, I provide the mechanism shown in detail in Fig. 6, which may be secured to the operating-shaft and supporting-brackets in one or in several places throughout its length. This mechanism consists of a downwardly-extending arm, which in the present instance is the arm 18, supporting the actuating-rod 17,to which is secured one end of a coiled spring 42, the other end of which is secured to the bracket 6 or to any fixed part of the car or mechanism. This spring serves to return the mechanism to its normal position, but is insuflicient to hold the same in such position against the ar and vibration of the car, and in order that the same may be securely locked in that position I provide on the operating-rod 5 a segment 43, having a recess 44 in the face thereof, which recess has one face inclined, as indicated at 45. Pivoted to the bracket 6 at 47 is a lever 48, having a beveltooth 49 at one end thereof adapted to engage with the recess 44 in the segirent 43. To the opposite end of the lever 48 is secured one end of a spring 50,the opposite end of which is secured to some fixed part of the apparatus, such as the bracket 6, and serves to retain the tooth 49 normally in engagement with the recess 44. The inclined face 45 of the recess 44 and the incline of the tooth 49 are such that when pressure is applied to the actuating-rod 17 the tooth 49 is forced out of the recess and rides over the face of the segment 43, allowing the operating-rod 5 to rotate.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description. 4

When the conductor has received a fare, he grasps the handle 19 of the actuating-rod 17 and rotates the same, thereby imparting movement, through the bevelgears 15 and 16, shaft 14, and bevel-gears 12 and 13, to the shaft 10, thereby rotating said shaft and imparting a rotary movement to the operating mechanism 2 to set the register to indicate the desired fare. When the actuatingrod 17 has been rotated a distance equal to the space of one fare designation, one of the notches 22 of the collar 21 is engaged by the deteHt-pawl 23, which serves to retain the same in that position until additional pressureis applied and the detent forced back against the pressure of the spring 25 to allow the collar and shaft to further rotate, thus locking the apparatus against any accidental displacement of the setting mechanism. As the shaft 10 rotates the gear 11, rotating therewith, engages the rack-bar 30, supported in the sleeve 29, and moves the same through said sleeve, sliding the sleeve 33 lon gitudinally of the operating-rod 5, thereby moving the indicator-rod 35 longitudinally of said operating-rod and causing the pointer 36 to move over the face of the indicatorplate 37 and to indicate on such indicatorplate the fare which the register is set to record. The register having been set to indi cate the proper fare, the conductor draws the actuating-rod 17 toward him, thereby rotating the operating-rod 5 through a partial revolution and. moving the arms 8 and 9 and the shaft 10 carried thereby rearwardly, thereby imparting a longitudinal movement to the operating mechanism for registering and recording the fare. hen the registration has been completed, as indicated by the ringing of the bell, the actuating-rod 17 is released and returned to its normal position by the spring 42, and as it reaches such normal position the tooth 49 of the lever 48 engages with the recess 44 of the segment 43, carried by the operating-rod 5, and locks the mechanism in its normal position.

Under certain conditions of traffic I prefer to use the modified form of my device, (shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12,) in which figures the operatingrod 5 susta ns the same relation to the bracket 7 and the operating mechanism of the fare-register as in the above-described device, but in which modification I support the actuating-rod 51 in brackets 52, which are rigidly secured to the operating-rod 5, and I prefer to divide this actuating-rod 51 into a series of sections corresponding in length to the indicator-plates 37, which are secured to the operating-rod 5 as before; but, if desired, this rod may extend the full length of the operating-rod. Mounted on the actuating-rod 51 is an operating-handle 53, comprising a sleeve 54 and an upwardly-extending member 55, which carries the pointer 36, which bears the same relation to the indicator-plate 37 as in the above-described construction. The member 55 of the handle 53 also carries an upwardly-extending lug 56, to which is secured a rod 57, which moves longitudinally with the handle 53 as the same is shifted along the actuating-rod 51. The handle 53 is provided with a spring-pressed latch or detent pawl 58, which is normally out'of engagement with the rod 51, but is adapted to be pressed downward by the thumb of the oper ator to engage any one of the series of notches 59 which are arranged upon the actuating-rod 51 in such relation to the scale 37 that the latch 58 will engage one of the notches 59 when the pointer 36 is in proper alinement with the fare designation of the indicator-plate 37. The rod 57 is secured at one end to the sleeve 33 and arm'32, which carry the rack 30, which is in engagement with the gear 11 on the shaft 10. In the use of this modified form of the device when the conductor has received a fare and desires to register the same he grasps the handle 53 and slides the same along the rod 51 until the pointer 36 indicates the fare which it is desired to register. In order to bring the pointer into proper alinement with the indicator-plate, the conductor presses down upon the latch 58 as the pointer approaches the proper position, and as soon as that position is reached the latch will engage the notch 59 and lock the handle in proper relation with the indicator-plate. As the handle moves longitudinally of the rod 51 the rod 57 also moves longitudinally and carries with it the rack 30, which rotates the gear 11 and its shaft 10 through the universal joint 4, the operating mechanism 2 for setting the register to indicate the desired fare. hen the register has been so set, the handle 54 is drawn outward, and the operation of the device is the same as that above described.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination, with a register and operating mechanism connected with said register, of a shaft connected to said operating mechanism, means for rotating said shaft to impart a rotary movement to said operating mechanism, and means for moving which in turn rotates,-

said shaft longitudinally to impart a reciprocating movement to said operating mechan ism, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register and operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a shaft supported transversely of said operating-rod, means for rotating said shaft to impart a rotary movement to said operating mechanism, and means for moving said shaft transversely of said operating-rod to impart a reciprocating movement to said operating mechanism, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register and operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a bearing supported on said operating-rod, a shaft journaled in said bearing, means for rotating said shaft in said bearing to impart a rotary movement to said operating mechanism, and means for moving said shaft longitudinally to impart a reciprocating movement to said operating mech anism, substantially as described.

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register and operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, brackets secured to said operatingrod and having bearing-apertures therein, a shaft journaled in said bearing-apertures, means for rotating said shaft to impart a rotary movement to said operating mechanism, and means for moving said shaft longitudinall'y to impart a reciprocating movement to said operating mechanism, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination, with a register and an operating mechansim therefor, of an operating-rod, a shaft supported transversely of said operating-rod and supporting said operating mechanism, means for rotating said shaft to impart a rotary movement to said operating mechanism, and means for rotating said operating-rod to impart a reciproeating movement to said operating mechanism, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register and an operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a shaft supported transversely of said operating-rod and connected with said operating mechanism, and an operating handle adapted to rotate said shaft to impart a rotary movement to said operating mechanism and further adapted to rotate said operating-rod to impart a reciprocating move ment to said operating mechanism, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus of the characterdescribed, the combination, with a register and an operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a shaft supported thereon and connected with said operating mechanism,

an indicator carried by said operating-rod, l rack-bar, and an indicator carried by said and an operating-handle secured to said 0perating-rod for imparting both a rotary and a reciprocating movement to said operating mechanism, and means operated by said. handle for controlling the position of said indicator relatively to the rotation of said operating mechanism, substantially as described.

8. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, an

operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected with said operating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a rack supported by said operating-rod and engaging with said pinion, and means carried by said operatingrod for moving-said rack longitudinally and for rotating said operating-rod'about its longitudinal axis, substantially as described.

9. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination, with a register, an operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected with said operating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a support having a movement longitudinally of said operatingrod, a rack-bar carried by said support and in engagement with said pinion, and means carried by said operating-rod for moving said rack-bar longitudinally and for rotating said operating-rod about its longitudinal axis, substantially as described.

10. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, an operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected with saidoperating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a sleeve moving longitudinally in said operating-rod, a rack-bar carried by said sleeve and in engagement with said pinion, and means carried by said operatingrod for moving said sleeve and rack-bar longitudinally and for rotating said operating-rod about its longitudinal axis, substantially as described.

1]. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination, with a register, operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected with said operating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a support movable lon gitudinally of said operating-rod, a rack-bar carried by said support and in engagement with said pinion, an operating-handle supported from said operating-rod and movable longitudinally thereof, and means for connecting said operating-handle with said support, substantially as described.

12. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected with said operating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a rack-bar movable longitudinally of said operating-rod and in engagement with said pinion, an operating-handle supported from said operating-rod and movable'longitudinally thereof, means for connecting said, operatinghandle with said operating-rod and operated by said 0perating-handle, substantially as described.

13. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected to said operatingmechanism, of an operatingrod, a racl bar movable longitudinally of said operating-rod and in engagement with said pinion, an actuating-rod substantially parallel to said operating-rod and rigidly secured thereto, a hand grip slidably mounted on said actuating-rod, an indicator operated by said hand-grip, and means for connecting said hand-grip to said rack-bar, substantially as described.

14. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected to said operating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a rack-bar movable longitudinally of said operating-rod and in engagement with said pinion, an actuating-rod substantially parallel with said operating-rod and rigidly secured thereto, a hand-grip slidably mounted on said actuating-rod, an indi cator mechanism operated by said hand-' grip, means for connecting said hand-"rip with said rack-bar, and means for locking said hand-gr1p in its ad usted position upon said actuating rod, substantially as described.

15. In an apparatus of the character, described, the combination, with a register, operating mechanism therefor, and a pinion connected thereto, of an operating-rod, a

rack-bar movable longitudinally of said opcrating-rod and in engagement with said pinion, an actuating-rod substantially parallel with said. operating-rod and rigidly secured thereto, a hand-grip slidably mounted upon said actuating-rod, an'indicator operated by said hand-grip, means for connecting said hand-grip with said rack-bar, recesses in said actuatingrod, and a pawl carried'by said hand-grip and adapted to be depressed to engage said recesses, substantially as described.

16. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, and an operating mechanism, of an operating-rod, a bracket secured to said operating-rod, a shaft journalerl in said bracket and connected with said operating mechanism, a pinion carried by said shaft, a sleeve having a slot in its upper surface carried by said bracket, a rackbar moving'in said. sleeve and in engagement with said pinion. an actuating-rod substan tially parallel to said operating-rod and rigidly connected thereto, and means carried by said actuating rod for rotating said pinion and for rotating said operating-rod about its longitudinal aXis, substantially as described.

17. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, and

operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a bracket carried by said operatingrod, a shaft journaled in said bracket and connected with said operating mechanism, a pinion carried by said shaft, a rack-bar slidably supported in said bracket and in engagement with said pinion, an actuating-rod substantially parallel to the operating-rod and rigidly secured thereto, an indicator carried by said operating-rod, and means carried by said actuating-rod for operating said indicator and moving said rack-bar longitudinally of said operatingrod, substantially as described.

18. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination, with a register, and an operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a bracket carried thereby and rotatable therewith, a shaft journaled in said bracket and connected with said operating mechanism, a pinion carried by said shaft, a rack-bar slidably mounted in said bracket and in engagement with said pinion, an arm slidably mounted on said operatingrod and connected with said rack-bar, an actuating-rod substantially parallel to said operating-rod and rigidly secured thereto, an operating-handle slidable longitudinally of said actuating-rod, and a rod connecting said operating-handle to said arm, substantially as described.

19. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, and an operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, a bracket carried by said rod and rotatable therewith, a shaft journaled in said bracket and connected with said operating mechanism, a pinion carried by said shaft, a rack-bar guided in said bracket and in engagement with said pinion, a sleeve slidably mounted on said operatingrod, an arm carried by said sleeve and connected with said rack-bar, an actuating-rod substantially parallel with said operating-rod and rigidly secured thereto, an operatinghandle with said sleeve, substantially as del l l handle slidably mounted on said actuatingrod, and a rod connecting said operatingscribed.

20. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, and an operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod connected to said operating mechanism, means for rotating said operating-rod, a spring connected to said operating-rod and adapted to return the same to normal position, and means for locking said operating-rod in its normal position, substantially as described.

2-1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, and an operating mechanism therefor, an operating-rod connected to said operating mechanism, means for rotating said operating-rod, a segment carried by said operating-rod and having a recess therein, and a spring-pressed bar adapted to engage said recess in said segment when said operating-rod is in its normal position, substantially as described.

22. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a register, and an operating mechanism therefor, of an operating-rod, means for rotating the same, an indicator-plate secured to said operating-rod and adapted to rotate therewith, said indicator-plate being divided into equal sections, each section bearing the designation of a fare, and a pointer adapted to travel longitudinally of said indicator-plate and com prising a plate having its width equal to the width of said sections and having its edges adapted to register with the division-lines of said sections, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID B. IVHISTLER.

Witnesses WV. H. DALE, W. F. Srronn. 

